Noob’s A-5

GI JOES SON wrote: looks good, i like it. i dont like those hoppers though, they look alright, but i dont think that 100 rds for an a-5 is adequate.

Thanks; I like the look, but that's all its good for, as far as I can figure.  I bought it 'cause it was cheap and I thought maybe you could switch them out like mags (it was like the first mod I bought and knew nothing).  And 100 rounds?  They hold 50 max!  I'm looking into a new feeder system, but it isn't out yet.

estcstpnt wrote: I like it. I think it's a little much that you've never played and put like 200 bucks into your gun.

Thanks; I only bought one performance upgrade, though, so I haven't really changed it radically and I'll defnitely use the stock barrell at least a few times, just to figure out what I like about each.  I've used the stock for a lot of target practice already, though.

Oh, and tack on another $100; the stock is coming...

estcstpnt wrote: And G.I.Joe's son the quote in your sig was originally said by shakespear.

Good call.  I did not know that.

netramakin wrote:    The stock is the next purchase, then a see-thru rail.  Thoughts?

Heh I went and bought a JCS RVA combat folding stock for my A-5 and to tell you the truth i'd honestly just go and use the tank as a stock mainly because with the Bt fixed stock, tippmann folding stock, long with the one on my gun am not able to use my sights at all, so to use the stock I bad to go out and buy a JCS offset mount and put on a red dot scope which works out for me cause at twenty yards it's dead on.

http://www.tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/forum_posts.asp?TID=158 201&PN=4 Just went and ordered a 20 inche barrel for her.

I was bored, so I figured I'd update this post with the new look of my A5.  I've found that I'm doing a lot of close quarter combat lately at my local field so I figured I'd give the Blackcell 4" C-series barrel a shot and then added an A-5A2 foregrip.  I haven't tried it on the field yet, but will update next week, after I do, if anyone's interested.

I have a couple more things to do before I enter it in a TOTM, first and foremost a paint job, but it's coming along I guess.

Here's a shot of my son's new Ion with Pulse loader, too.  Need to fix the line, obviously, but we just wanted to get it working first and see how the drop looked.  Plus, he's horrible at keeping track of screws and three are missing already (2 from the gun, 1 from the loader)!

GoTsKiLLz wrote: 4" barrel...wut is that good 4? that cant be accurate at all.

Well, if hes playing really close quarters..... i suppose it wont matter.

Not really a fan of the Pulse loaders, with the bad batches people have been talking about, so hopefully your son has a decent one.

Yomillio wrote: Not really a fan of the Pulse loaders, with the bad batches people have been talking about, so hopefully your son has a decent one.

So far, so good, though he hasn't field tested his hopper yet either.  What were the issues?  I've been out of the loop the past couple months.

Yomillio wrote: Not really a fan of the Pulse loaders, with the bad batches people have been talking about, so hopefully your son has a decent one.

I have a Pulse Loader and so do a couple of my buddies and they work perfectly...as of PBReview.com its a so-so site inputed mostly by a bunch of little kids. I'm not saying the site isnt useful...just make sure u dont make ur decisions just because what is said on the site. Overall, nice gun...i just dont understand how ur doing that much close combat battles that made u go and buy a 4" barrel. W/e floats ur boat, any how good luck and enjoy the game!

netramakin wrote: Our local field has alot of structures, a village and sup air so I've found that I'm usually engaging at less than 100' and I'm really enjoying running up into the frey lately, so I usually quickly close that distance.

Thats sweet...my local field is pretty much the same as well...wut is ur field's name?

GoTsKiLLz wrote: wut is ur field's name?

Strategy Plus in Portland, CT

Gasdrinker wrote: looks familiar

Yeah, no doubt.  I wasn't sure if the mag foregrip (I assume that's what you have) would fit with an OpsGear mag, so I went with the shorty.  You didn't have to mod it at all did you?